Outdoors thread

[Huskerbuck85]

Soooo ... coffee raises a rookie question: what did you do with your piss? I've heard everything from "bucks get curious and will head right to it" to "dig a hole and cover it as you go" to "old milk jug". Since our ground blind has been sitting there for a couple of weeks, relocating it day-of-hunt might be an issue, and I'm mindful of the entire scent control mantra. I won't know which way the wind is blowing until opening day, really.

I generally don’t get too worked up about the piss situation. I just pee outside the blind. I’d honestly be more concerned with a bottled or synthetic piss than real urine. I make mock scrapes with my pee and am starting to lean on believing that a real mature deer can pick out the bottled stuff. Of course it goes either way from time to time so there’s always those guys that’ll fight you on that too.

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

Missed the branch this morning. Not as big as the wide framed one I flubbed the other day but it’s venison in the freezer and tagged out before rifle season gets here.

 

[huskermack]

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Missed the branch this morning. Not as big as the wide framed one I flubbed the other day but it’s venison in the freezer and tagged out before rifle season gets here.

I wish I could get an animal right on the trail.
Nice and easy spot!

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

I wish I could get an animal right on the trail.
Nice and easy spot!

Haha not quite, had about 50 yards of platte river sand to pull him through to get him there but luckily my brother came hunting with me this morning so wasn’t a big deal to drag him. Would have sucked by myself but definitely done worse.

This guy was heavy though

 

[huskermack]

Here we are going back up the mountain 1.4 miles to get the rest of a moose last week.
Was my buddies tag. I wish I had some pics of the animal to share.

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

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Here we are going back up the mountain 1.4 miles to get the rest of a moose last week.
Was my buddies tag. I wish I had some pics of the animal to share.

I just got winded reading this

 

[huskermack]

I just got winded reading this

It took us 1.5 hrs to get back up there and 2 hrs to get down.

My friend drew a desirable antlerless tag about 15 miles south of Anchorage.
He borrowed my rangefinder at noon, and said "I'll call you in a couple of hours for some help."
He did call gosh darn it. We were out till 1AM butchering and hauling out the first load.
Then went back the next night - in the snow - to get the rest.

Sometimes living here is just surreal. This was during the work-week. Didn't miss a day.

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

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Here we are going back up the mountain 1.4 miles to get the rest of a moose last week.
Was my buddies tag. I wish I had some pics of the animal to share.

we did this with two cow elk years ago. it had just snowed about a foot and 4 of us went in with pack frames and hiked them out a mile and a half. two trips.

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

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Missed the branch this morning. Not as big as the wide framed one I flubbed the other day but it’s venison in the freezer and tagged out before rifle season gets here.

nice, mature buck. where was this at, blue?

 

[Huskerbuck85]

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Here we are going back up the mountain 1.4 miles to get the rest of a moose last week.
Was my buddies tag. I wish I had some pics of the animal to share.

That is some pretty basic looking clothing for mountain hunting these days! Congrats on the animal tho.

 

[huskermack]

That is some pretty basic looking clothing for mountain hunting these days! Congrats on the animal tho.

Another buddy of mine.
He's been wearing those for a decade.

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

nice, mature buck. where was this at, blue?

West Douglas County along the platte

 

[Huskerbuck85]

Another buddy of mine.
He's been wearing those for a decade.

I’m sure it works. Hopefully has some quality base layers

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

West Douglas County along the platte

You could have just said eastern Nebraska or the Midwest

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

You could have just said eastern Nebraska or the Midwest

That’s not false, I could have said that.

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

I generally don’t get too worked up about the piss situation. I just pee outside the blind. I’d honestly be more concerned with a bottled or synthetic piss than real urine. I make mock scrapes with my pee and am starting to lean on believing that a real mature deer can pick out the bottled stuff. Of course it goes either way from time to time so there’s always those guys that’ll fight you on that too.

I’ve had big bucks follow a synthetic trail perfectly then others that just seem to give zero shits. I piss out of my tree stand all the time, about a decade ago I watched a deer walk over to where I pissed the day before and scrape on it - ever since then I stopped giving a shit.

I’ve also had does walk right under me and investigate Copenhagen spit.

I really think as long as it doesn’t smell like human, they’re just curious.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

I’ve had big bucks follow a synthetic trail perfectly then others that just seem to give zero shits. I piss out of my tree stand all the time, about a decade ago I watched a deer walk over to where I pissed the day before and scrape on it - ever since then I stopped giving a shit.

I’ve also had does walk right under me and investigate Copenhagen spit.

I really think as long as it doesn’t smell like human, they’re just curious.

I tend to agree with this thought process.

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

I tend to agree with this thought process.

me too. but i still bring a piss bottle to the tree stand with me. old habits die hard.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

me too. but i still bring a piss bottle to the tree stand with me. old habits die hard.

I like to drink a few beers in the Redneck blind and then just piss off the back porch or out the corner windows.

 

[LoudHogRider]

me too. but i still bring a piss bottle to the tree stand with me. old habits die hard.

Imma dig a trench. Long walk back to the ground blind. Flick a little dirt on it when I'm done, like a dog.